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February 26, 1920.
larity. As the concern grew it ventured into the
ten-inch record field and attained immediate suc-
cess, so much so, that the production of the six-
Questions Jurisdiction of Camden, N. J., Court to
Collection of Items Shows How Marked Increase inch records was abandoned entirely. The Emer-
son company makes only ten-inch records of pop-
Hear Victor Plea for Injunction.
in Business prompts Changes in Stores.
ular music. The success of the Emerson company
is due in large measure to its chief executive, Vic-
Representing the Columbia Graphaphone Com-
The White House, San Francisco, which installed
tor H. Emerson, whose inventions in the phono- pany, Lawyer Frank L. Katzenbach, of Trenton,
a talking machine department at the beginning of
graph industry have been the foundation of th" N. J., before Vice Chancellor Learning in Camden,
the year, is now considered one of the important
company's remarkable progress, and to the ability
N. J., last week, attacked the jurisdiction of the
distributors of machines there.
Chancery Court to hear the application of the Vic-
The Woodward & Lothrop department store, of the active manager, H. T. Leeming.
tor Talking Machine Company for an injunction
Washington, D. C, has moved its talking machine
against the Columbia Company and Charles Stitt,
department to a portion of the building where more
a former employe of the Victor. The Victor Com-
floor space has been secured. The department is
pany alleges Stitt, while in the employ of the com-
now double the size it was in the old location. The
new plans have resulted in increased demonstra- B. H. Anderson Presents Plea for His City as pany, divulged trade secrets and processes of manu-
facture to the Columbia people.
tion booth accommodation.
Choice for Plant Location.
It is claimed by counsel for the Columbia con-
How to study music through the aid of Victor
records is the purpose of a course of short talks to
When B. H. Anderson, the Fond du Lac, Wis., cern that the Columbia Company does not do busi-
the Opera Study Club of Moline and Rock Island, music dealer, went East to attend the trade con- ness as a New Jersey corporation; that the com-
pany is incorporated under the laws of the state
111., by Thor Norberg. a Victor dealer, who ha-- ventions in New York, he had another mission be-
stores in both towns. The plan of Mr. Norberg is
sides that which included his trade association of West Virginia. It also was claimed the company
proving a great stimulation to record sales.
duties and his buying interests in pianos and pho- withdrew its certificate as a New Jersey concern
in 1912. It also was alleged that no proper notice
Herbert D. Berkley, the new assistant manager nographs. Mr. Anderson had the invitation from
was ever given of notice of suit. Decision was re-
of the Enterprise Music Supply Co., 145 West For-
the Fond du Lac Association of Commerce to the
served.
ty-fifth street, New York, is expected to increase Victor Talking Machine Co., to consider the Wis-
the importance of the company's record department. consin city as a possible site for one of the man-
The company is a big jobber in sheet music, music ufacturing plants planned for the West.
INTERESTING THE VISITORS.
rolls and Emerson records. Mr. Berkley has, for
This letter Mr. Anderson presented to the man-
Some time ago the Woolworth Drug Store in
the past eight years, been branch manager for agement of the Philadelphia Victor factory. It
Landay Bros., Inc., New York.
set forth the advantages of Fond du Lac as a man- Albany, Ore., took over a music room next door
ufacturing point and pointed it out as an ideal distrib- so that patrons of it have to pass through the drug
uting center. Mr. Anderson was a guest of the man- store to get there. By a variety of schemes to
agement along with other dealers who were in at- interest prospects the store is doing a great phono-
tendance at the New York show. The Victor Talk- graph business.
Phonograph Record Manufacturers to Occupy ing Machine Co., Mr. Anderson learned, is con-
fronted with the necessity of erecting some aux-
Entire Building at 206 Fifth Avenue, New York.
MUSIC FOR CHILDREN.
iliary plants in order to keep production abreast
In
a
clever
bit of newspaper publicity last week
of
the
demand,
and
he
believes
that
the
western
The Emerson Phonograph Company, New York,
the Du Barry Piano Co., Seattle, Wash., urged
plant will be located at Milwaukee, and possibly
will in the near future occupy the entire building
at 206 Fifth avenue, giving the firm a frontage on another one farther west. Mr. Anderson's letter parents to save their children from a commonplace
both Broadway and Fifth •avenue, in one of the from the Association of Commerce, suggesting future. "Music beautifies the manner of the children
Fond du Lac as a site for the western plant, might —it puts laughter in their talk, rhythm in their walk
most desirable business locations of the city.
and sunshine in their nature. Day after day they
The new location
of the company will be have the desired result.
partake of the sweetness of its charm—as they un-
equipped to take care of all the needs of the com-
fold and develop their characters in the sweetness
pany, whose business has grown very rapidly. The
PARTOLA LEASES BUILDING.
of their cultivated upbringing. Like flowers cared
Emerson Phonograph Company was incorporated
The P.artola Manufacturing Company, New York for by the gardener, they take on a richer hue." The
less than five years ago, in 1915.
City, has leased for a long term, the property at
Seattle firm argues and closes with this appeal:
At that time it entered the field producing six- 113 to 121 West Twentieth street, upon which there "Are you doing your part? Are you now fitting
inch records, which attained a nation-wide popu- is a five-story building. The buyers will make them at the time in life when they can be taught the
alterations to suit the requirements of the talking great, great secret of a charming personality—the
great, great advantage music gives them? To make
machine trade.
them more lovable as children, to make them
more lovable as men and women?"
STRIKE HIT PHONOGRAPHS.
About 100 carpenters who went on a strike
K. W. Furbush, wholesale representative of the
against the Brunswick Phonograph Company for
Haddorff Piano Company, who travels out of Chi-
more wages some time ago arc now working at
other jobs, according to William Brims, president cago, was at the factory at Rockford, 111., on Mon-
Challenge Comparison in
every point from cabinets to
day of this week.
of the Carpenters' District Council.
tonal results.
COLUMBIA LAWYER PROTESTS
DEPARTMENTS THAT GROW
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